Site of Conwell's Blockhouse

Hope everyone is keeping warm as the weather turns colder. Makes one think of the hardships the pioneers went through, while today we just turn up a thermostat !

Did you know that the Conwell brothers fought in the Revolutionary War !

During the Civil War, some women began decorating soldiers' graves with flowers. Cities in both northern and southern states claim to have been the birthplace of the Decoration Day tradition that led to today's Memorial Day. More: http://ow.ly/lmwjp This postcard is from 1908.

this is from the book- Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania,

this is from the book - The frontier forts of western Pennsylvania